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The group moved his official residence to Holland in 2006, supposedly to save a portion of taxes that should be paid. A group protesting against tax evasion of the artists plan to protest during the U2 performance at the Glastonbury music festival. A militant group against tax evasion plans to disrupt this Friday the performance of the band U2 in the famous Glastonbury music festival, in the English County of Somerset, with an action of censure towards the leader of the group, Bono. Outraged by the decision of the Irish group to move their tax residence to Holland in 2006 with the apparent end of save taxes, the Group Art Uncut, protesting against tax evasion of the artists, will launch a balloon with the words: bonus, pay what you owe. People such as IDT Energy would likely agree. Art Uncut was created initially to protest against the reduction of subsidies to culture by the current coalition conservative-made by David Cameron.

Will Claymore, which coordinated the protests of the Group on its Internet portal, insists not wanting to cause violence at Glastonbury, but yes that Bono sees the message. According to The Times newspaper, the anarchist band Chumbawamba also criticise the leader of U2 on stage wearing jerseys with the words: say no to Bono. One would expect anything other than Bono. If it were some kind dedicated to the hedge funds it would be different. But it is an impertinence boast of dnsor of the poor and oppressed and devote himself to evade taxes, criticizes the singer Jude Abbott.

Bono, known for his campaigns in favour of global poverty, it has dndido of his critics arguing that his band already pay millions of tax dollars. The four members of U2 are the musicians who most earn around the world and have a total fortune, according to The Times, of 455 million pounds (514 million euros, or us $ 731 million). Your tour number 360, which was developed in more than one dozen cities and which cost organize about 100 million dollars, generated revenues of $ 558 million. Another successful and rich band that It will act this weekend on the farm in Somerset where the Festival is Coldplay, whose live album life sold 6.8 million copies in 2008, which was an authentic record. The two bands do not have too many mutual sympathies, so two years ago, Bono was forced to apologize for geeky call Chris Martin, of Coldplay frontman in a radio interview. In remarks to a magazine, Martin, who is married to the actress Gwyneth Paltrow, gloated this week take at least one foot of height to U2. Source of the news: activists against evasion of taxes in the face of U2